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Powered by Michael Sebastian Reed.

Firmware you can actually trust.Every part interrogated on arrival. Every computer wiped to bare metal and reborn on a clean build by Firmware Shield. Every packet watched for 48 hours. Every result dated and stamped into the robot’s security log. Nothing gets trusted until it has been proven.

Why this exists

Robots are moving onto factory floors, warehouses and offices with cameras, microphones and motors. Several have already been found phoning home or opening up over Bluetooth.

The problem

We could not find a US humanoid maker that publishes a component-level security check.

The answer

One door to the internet, a sealed bus for everything else, and a dated log that proves it.

Michael Sebastian Reed
Founder · The Plains, Virginia

Founder

Michael Sebastian Reed

Michael builds integrated control systems and runs Firmware Shield, a clean-firmware testing venture. Audited Robotics applies the same discipline to a robot that walks.

Britt, a black rescue dog lying in buttercups
Britt · Head of perimeter security

Britt. Rescue dog, shop supervisor, and the only member of the team with no firmware at all.

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